Hey Chetan, I found this at : http://kegel.com/crosstool /current/patches/glibc-2.2.2/glibc-manual-stdin.texi-1.127.patch = and it is serving my purpose perfectly. The above-mentioned= link yields the follows : =========== ======================= 3D= ======================= 3D== ====== RCS file: /cvs/glibc/libc/manual/stdio.texi,v = retrieving revision 1.126 retrieving revision 1.127 diff -u = -r1.126 -r1.127 --- libc/manual/stdio.texi 2001/06= /06 07:11:31 1.126 +++ libc/manual/stdio.texi = ; 2001/07/31 18:57:16 1.127 @@ -3265,= 8 +3265,8 @@ If you are trying to read input that doesn't match a si= ngle, fixed pattern, you may be better off using a tool such as Flex= to generate a lexical scanner, or Bison to generate a parser, rathe= r than using -@code{scanf}. For more information about these to= ols, see @ref{, , , -flex.info, Flex: The Lexical Scanner Generator},= and @ref{, , , +@code{scanf}. For more information about these= tools, see @ref{Top, , , +flex.info, Flex: The Lexical Scanner Gener= ator}, and @ref{Top, , , bison.info, The Bison Reference Manual}. @node Input Conversion Syntax The o= nly problem is i have no idea how im gonna implement this patch . I have never worked with CVS or RCS and am in the process of learning i= t as i write this. Can you help ? Raseel. = [1] [a=] References 1. 3D"http://clients.rediff.com=/